Check on Ford’s motivations

“FBI must clean up Senate botched Kavanagh probe” was the most pathetic excuse for a column that I have read in recent years. That one of the columnists is a professor of law at Oregon school of law is further amazing. That an accuser can come and testify with no idea when, where or who all was part of the alleged assault is unimaginable. She further makes contradictions in her testimony as to how many people were in the room, as exposed in her therapist’s notes. Her witnesses do not affirm her statements.

When did a law professor ignore innocent until proven guilty? Ford’s testimony trivializes those who have actually experienced rape or physical abuse. (I have decided to accuse my neighbor of poisoning the neighborhood cats , and I am spreading that rumor around … so what if they deny it, can they prove innocence?)

But here is the best part. Since motivation is always part of any investigation, has anyone discussed Ford’s motivation.

Her parent’s homes was foreclosed on, by Judge Kavanagh, Brett’s mother. She paraded around in protest marches with a pink hat on. She is a member of a group sworn to oppose any nominee to the Supreme Court that Trump appoints.

She has scrubbed all her social posts so as not to reveal her extreme anti-Trump leanings.

Since she is the sworn enemy of Trump, the president, is she now willing to sacrifice herself on the altar of anti-Trumpists.

The entire past three weeks tries to negate the recommendations of the Bar Association and the long extraordinary history of Brett Kavanagh. The Democrats are so afraid of a judge that can actually quote from the Constitution, and the reasoning behind it, that they will do anything despicable to prevent his appointment to the court.

Valerie Fernandez

Las Cruces

Natural gas helps build state budget

It has been all over state news lately that New Mexico has a large budget surplus due to natural gas production in our state. Hopefully, this new revenue will translate to more funding for our schools.

Natural gas already has helped improve our personal safety and our environment. Utilities are installing modern pipelines that will deliver gas at much lower pressures, which means these lines are even safer than they were just a few years ago. Transporting gas underground also means fewer diesel-guzzling trucks rolling over our roads. And while natural gas production in the United States has risen by half since 2005, greenhouse gas emissions have fallen more than 10 percent.

There shouldn’t be any doubt: with natural gas in our energy toolbox, we’re on the right track.

Helen Lung

Las Cruces

A twist on Trump slogan

Make New Mexico great again. Vote Michelle Lujan Grisham for governor.